What Lives in the Scrub?

Learn more about the scrub ecosystem which is so important to the Florida scrub jay. The Florida Scrub Pages from Floridata provide a good introduction to the native plants and animals that call the scrub their home.

1. Learn more about the animals that live in the scrub. Use the links below to investigate animals in the scrub.

Animals in the Scrub from the Floridata site provides a list of animals that live in the scrub. Students can select one to report about to the class. A variety of animals including a spider, amphibian, reptitles, birds and a page about the Florida scrub jay offer information which can provide a beginning point for a report.

2. Learn more about plant life in the scrub.

Use the information and photo gallary from the Plants of the Florida Scrub to begin creating dioramas or adding to reports about the animals. Connect the habitat infomation to the needs of the animals researched. Also check the Endangered Plants of the Florida Scrub. Are any of these plants ones that the Florida scrub jay depends upon?

Learn about how the scrub depends on fire. Explain how and why this is important to this ecosystem.

3. Where is the Florida scrub?

Visit the Florida Scrub (page 3) and see a satellite map of Florida and the clickable map so you can create your own map of the scrub.